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US 4,379,314 AGranted
Cassette tape player
AssigneePioneer Electronic Corporation
InventorsTeturo Kamimura, Masahiro Komatsubara, Shizuo Ando, Takuzi Inanaga, Akira Takahashi
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Abstract
A new cassette tape player is provided. It comprises a cassette holder, an actuator arm pivotally disposed within the chassis, a slide plate which moves with the rotation of the actuator arm, a hook plate to lock the slide plate at a locking position, and a cassette positioning lever to rotate upon completion of actuator arm to ensure that the cassette received in the cassette holder is properly positioned. The hook plate is also provided with means for damping a shock inflicted thereon.
Claims10
A cassette tape player comprising
- a chassis;
- a cassette holder to receive a cassette inserted from outside the chassis;
- an actuator arm pivotally disposed within the chassis and normally urged to rotate in a predetermined direction to counteract insertion of the cassette;
- a slide plate adapted for sliding movement to a predetermined position through a locking position in synchronized association with a rotation of the actuator arm in a direction opposite the predetermined direction;
- a hook plate normally urged to rotate away from said slide plate and adapted to engage the slide plate the moment the slide plate passes the locking position;
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- a cassette positioning lever pivotally provided in said chassis and adapted to initiate a rotation upon completion of said rotation of the actuator arm to perform a positioning operation of the cassette received in the cassette holder.
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